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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Resistance continues〜Report from Henoko, Okinawa

Maritime Safety Agency deployed 14 patrol boats and 33
rubber boats in the sea of Henoko, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 21. According to
YAMASHIRO Hiroshi of Okinawa Peace Movement Center, Maritime Safety policed the
area as much as the beginning of boring survey in August. “The
central government intends to forcibly conduct the survey while ignoring the
Okinawan public consensus,” Yamashiro said. Although activists on more than 20
canoes protested and tried to block the area in the ocean, no arrest was made.
In front of the gate, people sat lying down and locking arms with one another to
block the trucks delivering sand and materials for construction of floating
bridges. They fought against the special forces that tried to break the scrum.
(By SATO Shigemi)